Description: “The oversight of the security and intelligence agencies has long been a matter of concern for this Committee. In reports in 1992 and again in 1997[161] we have recommended that the security service (which is nominally under the purview of the Home Secretary although its head reports directly to…
Description: “Council of Europe member States have the obligation to secure for everyone within their jurisdiction the human rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No. 5, the Convention). This obligation is also valid in the context of Internet use. Other Council of Europe conventions…
Description: Interactive map of the structure of the NSA. Web link Publisher: David Somerville
Description: “Here you can read about: – Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), – Communications Security (COMSEC), – Information Classification, and also about the equipment, from past and present, which make that civilian and military leaders can communicate in order to fulfill their duties.” Web link Publisher: Top Level Communications
Description: Searchable archive of documents and news articles about Five Eyes surveillance. Web link Publisher: FVEYdocs.org
Description: “The ACLU long suspected that the NSA has gone far beyond its counterterrorism and foreign intelligence mandate, implementing a massive system to conduct bulk surveillance of millions of innocent Americans.” This is their archive of materials. Web link Publisher: ACLU
Description: Surveillance programme related wiki. Web link Publisher: buggedplanet.info
Description: “The Intelligence and Security Committee has published the findings of its Privacy and Security Inquiry. At the same time Open Rights Group is publishing its own report into the activities of GCHQ and their impact on British citizens. The consequences of GCHQ’s activities have the potential to harm society,…
Description: “I regard my principal function as being to satisfy myself, and thus to report to the Prime Minister, that the Secretaries of State and the public authorities operating under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA 2000) Part I (and to a limited extent Part III) do so lawfully and in…
Description: “The internet has transformed the way we communicate and conduct our day-to-day lives. However, this has led to a tension between the individual right to privacy and the collective right to security, which has been the focus of considerable debate over the past 18 months.” Report Author(s): Intelligence and Security…
